WhatsApp to go ahead with privacy revise despite backlash
Facebook Inc's WhatsApp stated it will go ahead using its controversial online privacy policy update but allows users to learn it at "their own speed" and can also display a good banner providing additional information.
In January, the messaging program informed users it had been preparing a new online privacy policy, under which it could share limited user data with Facebook and its group firms.
It sparked a worldwide outcry and sent users to rival programs Telegram and Signal, amongst others, prompting WhatsApp to delay the brand new policy launch to May and to clarify the revise was centered on allowing users to communication with businesses and wouldn't normally affect personal conversations.
In India, the messaging app's most important user base, Facebook executives fielded questions from a parliamentary panel on the necessity for the changes, days after the country's technology ministry asked the messaging system to withdraw them.
WhatsApp said it'll start reminding users to review and accept updates to keep working with the messaging platform.
"We've as well included more information to address worries we're hearing," it added.
WhatsApp's announcement comes as parent Facebook transferred to block all information content material in Australia on Thursday, facing backlash from publishers and politicians, prompting a senior British lawmaker to label the maneuver as an effort to bully a good democracy.
Source: japantoday.com
